Rush: Romney booed because white

Rush Limbaugh said Mitt Romney’s speech Wednesday to the NAACP fell flat because it was “over these people’s heads” and that the group booed the Republican candidate, who “sounded like Snow White with testicles,” simply because he’s white.

Limbaugh, who regularly refers to the NAACP as the “NAALCP” — the extra L is for “liberal” — claimed that President Barack Obama insulted the group by sending Vice President Joe Biden instead.

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“He’s confident they’ll boo Romney, simply because Romney’s white,” Limbaugh said. “He’s confident of that. But he knows that he’s gonna have hell to pay in private meetings with these people. He’s not gonna get anywhere near it. So what an insult. Here’s Obama sending Biden, not going himself.”

Limbaugh portrayed the crowd at the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston as ignorant of what was good for them and susceptible to pandering from Obama and other Democratic politicians.

“This group wants to hear about tax increases and bigger government to take care of people,” he said, according to a transcript. “They don’t want to hear about self-reliance, they don’t want to hear about free enterprise. Free enterprise means you’ve gotta do it yourself. Free enterprise means it’s up to you. Free enterprise means you’re on your own. This group doesn’t want to hear that. I don’t think Romney got a single vote in here today.”

Limbaugh said Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have received standing ovations from black audiences by pandering. In contrast, Romney “sounded like Snow White with testicles. That’s not what this bunch wants to hear.”

After playing a clip of the crowd booing Romney for criticizing the president’s health care reform law, Limbaugh said the audience doesn’t “know what’s in it. They don’t care what’s in it. All they know is it’s Obama’s plan, and here comes Snow White with testicles in there ripping it to shreds, and so they’re booing him.” (Romney did receive a standing ovation at the end of the speech.)

“I would love to see somebody poll the conventioneers at the NAALCP and find out how many of them realize that they’re not getting free health care under Obamacare,” the conservative host continued. “That, in fact, they’re gonna be fined for not buying health insurance. I wonder how many of them know.” Limbaugh then cited “anecdotal” evidence from his “rich and powerful friends that owned and own businesses” that workers asked them after the Supreme Court decision if they would get free health care.

Limbaugh, referencing a Reuters story about Romney possibly naming a running mate soon, wondered whether former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would get the nod.

”What are the odds that he would pick Condoleezza Rice next week, coming off of this speech to the NAALCP?” he asked.

Limbaugh then contrasted her with Vice President Joe Biden, whom he called a “lunatic.”

Referencing a ribald joke Biden made Tuesday, he said: “We’re not gonna get anything like that from her as vice president.”